USPTO Patents Application 09993647

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NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM THE EXAMINER TO THE
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES

Docket Number (Optional)
BAYER-0018-A

In re Application of
Bernd Riedl

Application Number
09/993,647

Filed

November 27, 2001

For

tu-Carboxyaryl Substituted Diphenyl Ureas As Raf Kinase
Inhibitors

Group Art Unit
1624

Examiner
Deepak R. Rao

Applicant hereby appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences from the decision of the
examiner dated, April 25, 2008 , rejecting the following claims: 74, 81, 87, 93, 99-104, 106-115 and 117-
119.

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September 23, 2008
Date

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